When Ralph and Norton snuck out on the girls to go fishing early Saturday morning, they borrowed Freddy Muller's car. They got caught.
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Fifteen years later, that same Freddy Muller showed up in St. Stephen of Hungary 4th grade and stayed until graduation on June 16, 1968.
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Never questioning Freddy on how an old television character became a ten year old boy we instantly became friends when we found two green derby hats with a bunch of fake money stapled to them in a garbage can on 83rd Street in front of Leo Clairborne's house. It was St. Patrick's 1964, we hit all the bars with the money hats. Most of the guys were loaded by 3pm, and either gave us change or threw it at us. Freddy never missed catching a coin. I knew then, I was in the presence of superior athletic ability.
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Whatever sport Freddy played he was good at, but his best game was running the bases. Freddy could slip a tag like Phil Rizzuto. I miss playing ball with Freddy.
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